Collapsible receptacle.



A. W. WHEATON.

COLLAPSIBLE RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23, 1915.

L, 145 -9580 Patented July 13, 1915.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS J ABRAM w. WHEAION, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

GOLLAPS IIBLE REGEPTACLE.

ll,ld5,953.

Application filed March 23, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAM WV. WHEATON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Collapsible Receptacles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The present invention relates, generally, to improvements in collapsiblepails or receptacles; and the invention has reference, moreparticularly, to a simple, cheap and strong construction of pail adaptedto be collapsed so that thesame occupies but little space when not inuse and stored away.

The present invention has for its principal object to provide a simpleand cheap construction of collapsible pail for use, more particularly,by automobilists; the same be ing constructed in such a novel mannerthat it can be collapsed so as to occupy little storage space in theautomobile when not in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction ofcollapsible pail by means of which the automobilist may carry water tothe automobile to re plenish the supply thereof in the radiator, and tothis end the novel collapsible pail is constructed so as to easily formwhen used a proper pouring spout from which the water may be easilydirected intov the rather restricted filling opening or neck of theautomobile radiatorwithout danger of spilling the water or slopping thesame over the hood of the automobile, and to accomplish this end thehandles of the novel construc tion of collapsible pail are novel inform, and connected with the sides of the pail in a novel relationthereto.

A further object of-the present invention is to provide a novelconstruction of acollapsible pail comprising. flexible collapsible sidewalls combined with a rigid bottom member, and a novel means forconnecting said side walls with said rigid bottom; and a still furtherobject of the invention is to providea novel arrangementand associationof handle-means or gripdevice with said rigid bottom member by means ofwhich the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J ily 13, 1915., Serial No. 16,336.

tipping of the pail to pour out the contents thereof is easilyaccomplished and controlled.

Other objects of the present invention, not at this time moreparticularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the followingdetailed description of the same.

lVith the various objects of the present invention in view, the sameconsists, primarily, in the novel construction of collapsible pailhereinafter set forth; and, furthermore, this invention consists in thenovel arrangements andcombinations of the various devices and parts, aswell as in the de tails of the construction of the same all of whichwill be presently more fully described, and then finally embodied in theclaims which are appended to and which form an essential part of thisspecification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations of the novel collapsible pail,in extended or open arrangement, the same being made according to andembodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a verticallongitudinal section of the same, taken on line 8-3 in said Fig. Fig. 4is a top view of the novel collapsible pail extended for use, andillustrating the position of the handlemembers when both are grasped inthe hand to draw the top side edges of the pail toward one-another, toform a suitable pouring spout or lip for direc'ting the How of waterfrom the pail when emptying the same. I

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts. Referring now to thesaid drawings, the reference character 1 indicates the completecollapsible pail made according to and embodying the principles of mypresent invention, the same comprising apreferably cylindricalbody-member 2 of flexible material such as canvas, or other fabric,leather, rubber, or other suitable material, which will readily fold orcrush together into a small space .wliennot extended for use. The bottommarginal edge 3 of said body-member 2 is folded or doubled around ametallic ring-member 4c, and said edge 3 is then secured to said mainbody membe'r 2 by means of suitably disposed stitches 5, thus confinlngsa1d ring-member 4: in proper associated relation to said body-member 2,whereby the latter is properly spread at 1ts bottom end, and wherebymeans for attachment to a bottom is provided as will presently appear.The upper marginal edge 6 of said body-member 2 is preferably folded ordoubled back upon said body-member 2, and thus secured by stitches 7, sothat the upper edge of the body-member is'reinforced at that point.

The reference character 8 indicates a bottom-member, the same beingpreferably constructed of some rigid material, such as sheet-metal. Themarginal edge of said bottom-member 8 is curled upwardly and inwardly toprovide a holding flange 9 beneath which is'provided a receiving-seat10. The bottom edge of said main body-member 2 with the ring-member 4;inclosed therein is sprung or forced over said holding flange 9' andinto said receiving-seat 10, thereby securely fastening said body-member2 to said bottom member 8, and establishing a leakproof joint betweensaidv parts of the pail.

Connected with'said body-member 2, so as to extendupwardly, from theupper edge 6 of the same, are a pair of oppositely disposedhandle-members 11, one connected with each side of said body-member 2.Each handle-member 11 comprises a strap-like body of flexible material,preferably of the same character as is employed in the construction. ofsaid body-member. The respective ends 12 of each handle-member 11 arespaced apart and secured to the bodymember" 2 by means of stitches 13,so that the strap-like body extends above the upper edge 6 of thebody-member inthe form of aloop into which the hand may be inserted.

When using. the pail the same may be filled with water, and then bybringing the oppositely disposed handle-members 11 together, andinserting one hand through both, the opposite sides of the upper edges 6of the flexible body-members 2 of the filled pail are moved toward eachother, with the result that the forward edge is doubled together to forma comparatively narrow pouring spout or lip 14, (as shown moreparticularly in Fig. 4c of the accompanying drawings) from which thefluid-contents of the pail may be easily poured and controlled in a"thin stream, and therefore easily directed into the narrow mouth orneck of the filling opening of an automobile radi ator, without dangerof wasting the contents'of the pail by spilling or slopping the same onthe outside of the radiator. To further aid in controlling the tippingof the pail in pouring from the same, a handgrip or finger-loop 15is'secured to the rigid bottom-member 8, preferably by soldering orotherwise securing the same to the outer surface of the marginal flange9 thereof, and in a position opposite to the side of the pail at whichthe pouring spout or lip 14- is conveniently formed as above described.The said hand-grip or finger-loop 15 is particularly advantageous inproviding a means for tipping the bottom of the pail when the same isheld by its handle-members 11 with one hand and the hand-grip orfinger-loop 15 is grasped by the other hand. hen said pail is empty andnot in use the said flexible handle-members 11 and the flexible mainbody-member 2, may be easily folded or crushed down against andsubstantially into the plane of said rigid bottom-member 8, so that thepail becomes practically a flat disk of but slight bulk; and as thus arranged or compacted, the pail may be readily stored away in a smallspace in the toolbox or under the seat-cushions, or in any otherconvenient place in an automobile.

Vhile I have dwelt upon the convenience of my novel construction ofcollapsible pail for the use of automobilists, it will be clearlyunderstood that the same may be found equally convenient for many otheruses in connection with which a staunch construction of collapsible pailis desirable.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements andcombinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the detailsof the construction of the same without departing from the scope of thepresent invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and asdefined in the claims appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit myinvention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the devices andparts as described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself tothe exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustratedin the accompanying drawings, except as limited by the following claims.

I elaim:-

1. A collapsible pail comprising a flexible body-member forming thesides thereof, a rigid bottom member connected with said body-member,and oppositely disposed handle-members secured in the form of loops uponand to the opposite sides of the upper marginal edge of saidbody-member, and said loops extending above said upper marginal edge tobe grasped in one hand and thereby cause the upper marginal edge of saidflexible body-member to form a pouring-spout.

2. A collapsible pail comprising a flexible body-member forming thesides thereof, a rigid bottom member connected with said body-member,oppositely disposed handlemembers secured in the form of loops upon andto the opposite sides of the upper marginal edge of said body-member,and said loops extending above said upper marginal edge to be grasped inone hand and thereby cause the upper marginal edge of said flexiblebody-member to form a pouring spout, and a finger-loop secured to saidrigid bottom-member so as to project outwardly and exteriorly therefrom.

3. A collapsible receptacle comprising a flexible body-member formingthe sides thereof, a rigid bottom-member with which said body-member isconnected, oppositely disposed handle-members connected with theopposite sides of the upper marginal edge-portions of said body-member,said handle-members when grasped in one hand cooperating with saidflexible body-member to form a portion of said body-member into apouring spout, and means connected with said bottom-member for tippingthe spout of said receptacle into pouring position.

4. A collapsible receptacle comprising a flexible body-member formingthe sides thereof, a rigid bottom-member with which said body-member isconnected, oppositely disposed handle-members connected with theopposite sidesof the upper marginal edgeportions of said body-member,said handlemembers when grasped in one hand co6perating with saidflexible bodymember to form a portion of said body-member into apouring-spout, and a finger-loop extending angularly from the lowerportion of said.

bottom-member for tipping the spout of said receptacle into pouringposition.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this th day of March, 1915.

ABRAM W. WHEATON. Witnesses:

FREDK. G. FRAENTZEL, FREDK. H. W. F RAENTZEL.

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